Cao Zhen is an idiot in the rendition. He could not fight, repeatedly lost to Zhuge Liang, and was frustrated by Sima Yi; he was stingy, and finally he gave Sima Yi a letter, and Zhuge Liang wrote him a letter and killed him. And Cao Zhen in the main history, in addition to his son's bad birth, other aspects are very good.
In the rendition, Cao Really became a great general because his surname was Cao. Cao Zhen was indeed surnamed Cao, but "the Great Sima was loyal to the festival, the second ancestor of zuo, the favor of relatives on the inside, and the soldiers of the white house on the outside", Cao Zhen became a great general, relying not on the "favor of relatives", but on his own ability. (More on that later)
(1) Cao Zhen's qi volume. Shi Zai: Cao Zun and Zhao Zan died early, and Cao Zhen sympathized with them, "begging for food yi feng zun and Zanzi". Emperor Wei, on the other hand, "the beauty of a gentleman's adulthood" agreed to his request. When Cao Zhen went out on the expedition, when the rewards received by the soldiers were insufficient, they used their own family property as a reward.
(2) The talent of the commander-in-chief: Cao Zhen became the governor mainly because of the southern conquest of Sun Quan's military achievements, which are not mentioned in the interpretation. In order to highlight Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, Cao Zhen was written as a fool during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, but in fact, the early wars were mainly led by Cao Zhen. It was not until after Cao Zhen's death that Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang's "lifelong enemy", followed Cao Zhen and dragged on with Zhuge Liang for four years.
However, Sima Yi's combat ability was much worse than Cao Zhen's, and Cao Zhen did not have any disadvantage in the battle with Zhuge Liang, and Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang killed Zhang Gao in the first confrontation (said the second two-faced man Zhang Guo). However, Sima Yi also knew nothing and could endure, and after knowing that he was not Zhuge Liang's opponent, he insisted until he dragged Zhuge Liang to his death. (At that time, Sima Yi's army was about 300,000, and Zhuge Liang had only 100,000 troops.) ）
(3) Cao Zhen's experience in resisting Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition will be mentioned when talking about the tenth two-faced zhuge liang, which is briefly mentioned here.
1. Zhuge Liang cut down the Central Plains. In the rendition, Zhuge Liang first used a counter-plot to make Wei dismiss Sima Yi's officials, and then sent troops to defeat Xiahou Fuma (how to write the name of the attached horse, forget), and then defeated Cao Zhen, Wei really had no choice, had to restore Sima Yi's officials, Sima Yi immediately captured Meng Da, attacked the street pavilion and broke the horse, and Zhuge Liang collapsed across the board.
In fact, Sima Yi did not participate in the war at all. When Zhuge Liang sent troops, Wei was ill-prepared, the three counties of Nan'an, Tianshui, and Anding surrendered, and Emperor Wei sent Cao Zhen to lead a large army to defend the city of Guocheng and zhang Guo to attack the street pavilion. Cao Zhen defeated Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi's partial division at Jigu Valley, and Zhang Gao occupied the street pavilion. Zhuge Liang's army. Anding Yang Tiao defended the city and did not surrender, Cao Zhen stood up and surrounded Anding, Yang Tiao and the crowd said: "The great general has come, and Wuyuan has already surrendered." "They descended from their own shackles, and all three counties descended."
2. Zhuge Liang's second expedition to the Central Plains. Cao Zhen accurately anticipated that Zhuge Liang would attack Chen Cang when he attacked the Central Plains, so he recommended Hao Zhao to defend the city. Zhuge Liang was later unable to capture Chen Cang and retreated. Hao Zhaoben was recommended by Cao Zhen, and the act was quite funny, and this recommender was also replaced by Sima Yi. He also made up several stories, saying that Zhuge Liang defeated Cao Zhen.
3. Cao Zhen also took the initiative to lead a large army to attack Shu in a big way, that is, Zhuge Liang's four expeditions to the Central Plains described in Yanyi, but the history is said to be because of the continuous heavy rain caused road breaks, Cao Zhen's class.
(4) Death of Cao Zhen. Cao Zhen fell ill and died in Luoyang, and a letter from Zhuge Liang would not be able to curse the dead. And Cao Zhen's son is really stupid. Cao Zhen's eldest son Cao Shuang held the power of power, and was launched by Sima Yi in a coup d'état, cao Shuang's brothers were cowardly and overwhelmed, and they were undecided about using Huan Fan's strategy, and Huan Fan cried: Cao Zhen is wise, gave birth to several of your brothers, and is a group of stupid pigs. (Original words: Cao Zi Dan Jiaren, Sheng Ru brothers, calves) Seeing this sentence, I can't help but think of Sun Hao after the fall of the country. The Hussar general Sun Xiu retreated to the north and cried to the south: "In the past, when Sun Ce was in his prime, he founded the foundation with a lieutenant; now Sun Hao lifted Jiangnan and abandoned it!" Leisurely heavens, who is this! "Whoops, I cry for Sun Ce.